PrepTest 86, Section 3, Question 24
Andy Warhol's Brillo Boxes is a stack of boxes that are visually indistinguishable from the product packaging of an actual brand of scouring pads. Warhol's Brillo Boxes is considered a work of art, while an identical stack of ordinary boxes would not be considered a work of art. Therefore, it is not true that appearance alone entirely determines whether or not something is considered a work of art.
Andy Warhol's Brillo Boxes is a stack of boxes that are visually indistinguishable from the product packaging of an actual brand of scouring pads. Warhol's Brillo Boxes is considered a work of art, while an identical stack of ordinary boxes would not be considered a work of art. Therefore, it is not true that appearance alone entirely determines whether or not something is considered a work of art.
Andy Warhol's Brillo Boxes is a stack of boxes that are visually indistinguishable from the product packaging of an actual brand of scouring pads. Warhol's Brillo Boxes is considered a work of art, while an identical stack of ordinary boxes would not be considered a work of art. Therefore, it is not true that appearance alone entirely determines whether or not something is considered a work of art.
Andy Warhol's Brillo Boxes is a stack of boxes that are visually indistinguishable from the product packaging of an actual brand of scouring pads. Warhol's Brillo Boxes is considered a work of art, while an identical stack of ordinary boxes would not be considered a work of art. Therefore, it is not true that appearance alone entirely determines whether or not something is considered a work of art.
The argument proceeds by
highlighting the differences between things that are believed to have a certain property and things that actually have that property
demonstrating that an opposing argument relies on an ambiguity
suggesting that two things that are indistinguishable from each other must be the same type of thing
questioning the assumptions underlying a particular theory
showing that something that would be impossible if a particular thesis were correct is actually true
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